The application of the ICD-10 for antepartum stillbirth patients in a referral centre of Eastern China: a retrospective study from 2015 to 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The causes of some stillbirths are unclear, and additional work must be done to investigate the risk factors for stillbirths.

Objective

To apply the International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) for antepartum stillbirth at a referral center in eastern China.

Methods

Antepartum stillbirths were grouped according to the cause of death according to the International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) criteria. The main maternal condition at the time of antepartum stillbirth was assigned to each patient.

Results

Antepartum stillbirths were mostly classified as fetal deaths of unspecified cause, antepartum hypoxia. Although more than half of the mothers were without an identified condition at the time of the antepartum stillbirth, where there wa

SUBMITTER: Feng CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature